I didn't have to check the Technical Guide; but I seem to remember all 80 was available after 1.11. Although why you would ever want to do that, and give up all those MIPS to the MP effect, is beyond me...
zNorman -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 Friday 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z196 sysplex question On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:31:30 -0600, Steve Comstock <[email protected]> wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:51:42 -0600, Steve Comstock >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Now that the z196 provides us with a CEC with up to 80 processors, >>> and since a Parallel Sysplex can include up to 32 systems, does that >>> mean that Parallel Sysplex now supports 32 x 80 = 2560 active CPs, >>> or are we still software bound to 2048 CPs per Parallel Sysplex? >>> >> >> >> No. 64 CPs (any mixture of the various types, GP, zAAP & zIIP) is still >> the limit per LPAR. So 2048 is the limit. > >Ah. Thanks, Mark. > > I must be remembering this wrong. I was just looking at the z/OS 1.12 announcement and it says this: "Up to 80 processors per logical partition with z/OS V1.11 and later on zEnterprise servers. " Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
